2-man IDS farm - Is it possible?

Shiraishi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/N

23 Jul 2006 at 03:26 - 1

Many of you are probably aware of the powerful potential of the Vengeful Was Khanhei solo Ritualist.

Perhaps some of you have also seen that while it works great against melee enemies, it is also possible to farm spell casters if done correctly (Ancestor's and Sympathetic Visage FTW).

So I figured that a VWK rit would be a good place to start for farming Ice Imps.

But when you've got 12 Maestroms on you all at once, it's impossible to keep your spells active. And even with Mantra of Frost dulling down the cold damage, you probably wouldn't last more than 10 seconds.

Therefore, solo farming for an IDS is pretty much impossible to my knowledge.

But it's so close to being possible, all you need is something to interrupt all those Ice Imp spells long enough to where they lose most of their energy, and so that you can have your ashes handy when the physical attacks start coming.

By that time, it's just like farming Trolls.

Hm, I seem to recall Monks having a handy little elite that causes spells on a target ally to fail for a certain amount of time. And with a Mesmer secondary, they could Arcane Echo it for good measure.

Heck, why not throw in some smite and protection skills as well? Zealot's Fire and Reversal of Fortune would probably do nicely.

So here's what I'm proposing.
Get a Monk and a Ritualist together. Have the Ritualist run a Rt/Me VWK build, and the Monk run a Mo/Me SB build.

Try to run through most of Mineral Springs if you can. If you can't, always send the Ritualist into battle first so they can suck up all the damage, and have the Monk sit in the background and play support. Spell Breaker should help get the Avicara Mesmers off the Ritualist's back. You shouldn't have to worry much about the Ritualist's ability to tank, because I've used mine to go toe-to-toe with Avicara before when making my way to the Troll cave.

Upon entering the Ice Imp cave, prepare as normal, but make sure the Ritualist has SB on them before they go and aggro all the Imps. Aggro the Imps, get them in a nice tight group, make sure all your enchantments are active, and start spamming Vengeful Was Khanhei, Vengeful Weapon, and Reversal of Fortune.

Within a few minutes, you should be standing over a large pile of dead Ice Imps, and hopefully a shiny new Icy Dragon Sword.

I don't have a good Monk friend handy, so that explains why I'm not already able to tell you whether or not it works. Instead, I'm relying on you guys to try and make this idea a reality, or at least report flaws if there are any.

Happy farming.

remmeh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Apathy Inc [AI]

R/Mo

23 Jul 2006 at 03:31 - 2

if you aggro the imps properly i have no doubt you can solo it with a vwk build. i.e. wand but no spells.

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

23 Jul 2006 at 03:35 - 3

Didn't they also put Ice Golems and Mountain Trolls inside the cave too?

Minus Sign

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2006

Mo/N

23 Jul 2006 at 03:49 - 4

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Didn't they also put Ice Golems and Mountain Trolls inside the cave too? Yup. And don't forget the Eldon. Consider Mo/R for a SpellBreaker Chain. I hear that works quite well. GL with tis, but, as 55 monks and Wa/Mes can solo the imps, trolls, et al, i don't see too much play for duo farmers in hardcore runs for this weapon.

Shiraishi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/N

23 Jul 2006 at 04:24 - 5

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

Didn't they also put Ice Golems and Mountain Trolls inside the cave too? Mountain Trolls aren't a problem for a Rt/Me.
Ice Golems are only annoying if you use signets or move around a lot, which is not the idea behind a Rt/Me solo farm build.

Shiraishi

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/N

23 Jul 2006 at 04:27 - 6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Minus Sign

Yup. And don't forget the Eldon. Consider Mo/R for a SpellBreaker Chain. I hear that works quite well. GL with tis, but, as 55 monks and Wa/Mes can solo the imps, trolls, et al, i don't see too much play for duo farmers in hardcore runs for this weapon. I must be really out of the loop, because I'd normally expect a 55 monk to have problems with Ice Imps.
And while a W/Me probably doesn't have any problems at all with Ice Imps, I'm wondering how they survive the Avicara and Ice Golems.